Published on: 11/24/2015IST
India's First Muslim Woman Pilot Says She Faces A Lot Of Islamophobia
Saara Hameed Ahmed from Karnataka had made headlines in 2010, when she was chosen as a commercial pilot by SpiceJet. She had become the first Muslim girl then to achieve this feat.
Now a successful pilot, Saara says she have faced the brunt of Islamophobia since she enrolled for training in 2007 at the age of 18. "People initially think I'm Christian and then gawk when I tell them my full name. I just love the look on people's faces when they discover I am Muslim," she said in an interview.
Saara, who wanted to do something extraordinary in her life, said she became interested in flying after attending a career counselling session by an Australian pilot while she was in college
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